Paul G. Silva

MARCH 11, 2025

Our board chairman called me in for a conversation. My standing with the board didn’t just recoverit soared. The Feedback That Made Me Sick to My Stomach Years ago, as president of Click Workspace, a startup coworking space, I received feedback that literally made me feel physically ill.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Harding remains a board member and an integral executive team member. Prior to joining LUUM, Lawson’s 15 year career included shaping brand strategies and product development across global brands such as Apple, PayPal and Movado. While at Ekso Bionics he co-founded and held leadership positions for nine years.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 7, 2025

Wilborn brings more than a decade of leadership and operational experience within i2E. Since joining the organization in 2014, she has held several key leadership roles, most recently as Vice President of Operations. The Board of Directors is inspired by her vision and proud to support her as she leads i2E into an exciting new era.”

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StartupNation

JULY 5, 2025

At Spectup, we’ve since helped numerous startups develop similar metrics-driven narratives for their investor presentations. One of our team members developed a particularly effective template that breaks down complex metrics into clear, visual stories – it’s been a game-changer for our clients.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Instead, our board pushed us to think bigger: What would it take to truly transform our region’s economy? ” At the time, we were running a startup accelerator for 6 companies. The safe play would have been scaling to 9 or 12. We jumped to 30 startups that first year5x our previous capacity!!!

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

But our board chairman asked a simple question: “Is filling out forms fun?” Several people suggested building a complex database to track our mentors’ expertise, making it easier to match them with entrepreneurs who needed specific help. It seemed logicalbetter matching would help entrepreneurs succeed, right?

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StartupNation

JUNE 6, 2025

Go through the top seven lessons from being an entrepreneur and CEO for 20 years, from leadership to business growth. Here’s how you can build one with these leadership lessons from my 20 years as a CEO: Hire the right people —recruit for values, not just skills: Never fall for resumes with unbelievable skill sets, but no culture fit.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 29, 2025

Under her visionary leadership, SkySelect is transforming procurement processes, boosting transparency, and cutting costs significantly for MRO operations. As a startup, youre always juggling multiple priorities, whether its fundraising, product development, or scaling your team. How can our readers follow you on socialmedia?

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StartupNation

JUNE 6, 2025

Go through the top seven lessons from being an entrepreneur and CEO for 20 years, from leadership to business growth. Here’s how you can build one with these leadership lessons from my 20 years as a CEO: Hire the right people —recruit for values, not just skills: Never fall for resumes with unbelievable skill sets, but no culture fit.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 13, 2025

Awardees under Round Two of the Pilot Clean Tech Demonstration Program are developing technologies that will address the carbon footprint of concrete, divert packaging waste from landfills, and the infrastructure needed to support the transition to electric vehicles, exemplifying New Jerseys standing as a hub of innovation.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 7, 2025

billion valuation and is poised to extend its leadership in AI-driven performance marketing. billion, Liftoff enables mobile developers to build, discover, and monetize apps using powerful AI-driven solutions tailored to maximize user acquisition and revenue. With its latest funding the company reaches a $4.3 Valued at $4.3

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StartupNation

JULY 12, 2025

The freelancing space is full of skilled professionals you’d never find through traditional job boards. AI tools scan job boards, optimize job descriptions, and help you vet application responses in real time. If you’re not fishing in the freelance pond, you’re missing out on a broader talent pool.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

Scrum Best for: Product development, cross-functional teams Scrum fits neatly into the Agile project management framework box. " As a project management framework, it refers to using visual cards to list information about tasks, then organizing those cards on a board that shows the flow of a project from start to completion.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Successfully running a company requires clear communication across the board: with employees, customers, investors, and any other stakeholders. on an ironing board, not a body. The document effectively conveys the non-profit's cause, engages stakeholders, and develops support. Let's take Apple as an example.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Nationally recognized leader and executive coach Jackie Jenkins-Scott provides her perspective as she explores examples of responsive leadership in her new book, 7 Secrets of Responsive Leadership. We recently asked her more about responsive leadership. What is responsive leadership? The Big 4 Leadership Attributes.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2024

Being an entrepreneur doesn’t make you a great leader, Creating opportunities for others is commendable, but true leadership goes beyond business ownership. There is so much more to leadership that builds community and creates impact. That’s how a lot of entrepreneurs view leadership.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2023

by Erick Slabaugh, a long-standing EO member in Seattle and former director on the EO Global Board “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” The programmes have since evolved—but the original spirit of leadership, character and shared growth remains fully intact.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . As a subject matter expert, you’re expected to stay on top of recent developments in your field of knowledge. Board of Directors. Review current news.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

During my career — spanning entrepreneurship, academia, arts management and venture capital — I’ve learned the importance of female leadership in contributing to successful outcomes. Public companies with at least one female board member typically outperform companies with only male members. Hiring to improve results.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 12, 2011

I was also part of the original New York Tech Meetup board and participated on it until last year. I offered to step aside to bring a few more faces onto the board last year. I’m just as familiar with the New York Tech Meetup as anyone. I was one of the first 100 members, dating back to February 2005.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

As with any movement, there comes a day when grand visions need to either remain that, or be executed on so that they may evolve to the next stage of development and maturation. We knew that when her fellowship ended, we needed to bring someone on board who was solely focused on this work. The first 6 months: Challenges and Wins.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Thanks to these concerted efforts, three Pangyo startups were spotlighted in the government’s recent “Super Gap Startup 1000+ Project” This ambitious initiative earmarks 1,000 high-tech startups for development and technological commercialization over five years. billion won in September 2023.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Many companies don’t reach the next phase either because their leadership doesn’t adapt as an organization or because they don’t design processes that lead to scaled outcomes. We recently added Richard Mumby to our leadership team. Startups are messy and development is seldom linear and up-and-to-the right.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

We’ve all embraced video calls, whether it is with our work colleague or our physician, but for developers, it remains a challenge to build both real-time audio and video features into products. The company provides APIs so developers can add those features into products or websites using just two lines of code.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Get involved with non-profits where CEOs serve on the board, attend their galas and events, and get to know the leadership. In addition to high-level conferences, where else can you meet CEOs? Look for CEO roundtables and forums. None in your area? Consider starting one. Fellow alumni may be running their own businesses.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2023

. — Annika Launay, EO Queensland, CEO of Franc.World Equal Representation At The Top Seeing more women on boards of top organizations and in political leadership roles would have a significant impact on entrepreneurship for women.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Not everybody can do ecosystem building; it’s a talent that is developed through experience and education, connections and networking. Hard skills training: Facilitation & leadership, more and better business support for entrepreneurs, organizational skills, work-life balance. and abroad between February and September 2020.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The 15 Best Strategies for Developing New Business in a Crowded Market In the quest to uncover effective strategies for developing new businesses in a crowded market, we turned to fifteen Founders and CEOs for their tried-and-true tactics. Any new local business could try this.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

I apply visual thinking for nearly everything I do: preparing for important phone calls (I imagine my opening lines, I imagine the responses), writing keynote presentations, deciding whether or not to invest in a company, preparing for board meetings – you name it. Develop & refine a process. These are all creative processes.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Board will work to increase capital to minority-owned startups, create diverse innovation economy WOODBRIDGE, N.J. The board will provide knowledge, guidance, and insights on ways to best increase capital, access, and investments in New Jersey’s diverse entrepreneurs. Harmon, Sr.,

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

Aligning Leadership with your Business Model. It is of utmost importance that your leadership is aligned with your business goals. It’s impossible to discover the next big thing for your small business with a disjointed leadership team. Therefore a misaligned leadership can put the organization at risk. Focus on People .

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 18, 2019

His 40 years of economic development experience included tenures at the Michigan Department of Commerce; Secretary of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce where he created the nationally recognized Quality Jobs Program; and Partner in both Intersouth Partners and Chisholm Private Capital Partners of Oklahoma City. Gregory’s University.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. Twitter seems to have become a bit allergic to third-party developers (or maybe vice-versa).

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 8, 2022

teams usually outperform individuals or groups of individuals) but very few Founder CEOs are skilled at creating a high-performing senior leadership team. It’s a myth to believe that leadership has always resided in the CEO. Successful companies have distributed leadership across the business.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 19, 2024

July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today approved an investment into Newark Venture Partners, III, L.P. Under Governor Murphy’s leadership, New Jersey has been laser-focused on connecting entrepreneurs and companies of the future with access to capital,” said NJEDA Chief Executive Officer Tim Sullivan.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

As the demand for AI-powered apps grows, startups developing dedicated chips to accelerate AI workloads on-premises are reaping the benefits. Another company competing in the increasingly saturated segment is Sima.ai , which is developing a system-on-chip platform for AI applications — particularly computer vision applications.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Startups that embrace inventiveness and creativity rise, and such innovation happens when leadership and teams unify in pursuit of a shared vision within a culture that highly values collaboration. Its many features and integration capabilities make it quite popular with developers and designers. Team collaboration.

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